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It’s not exactly what you’d call super-sexy, high tech gear, but for elderly folks living alone, the Combo 680 home phone could be a life saver.

The phone combination from Amplicom comes with a Wrist Shaker bracelet featuring a Emergency Panic Button, which can send out a personal pre-recorded message to 5 different numbers until it receives a response.

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One of the unexplained mysteries of modern technology is why mobile phones continue to get slimmer, smarter and more stylish while most home cordless phones look like chunky, great lumbering Stone Age slabs of ugly plastic with Neanderthal interfaces and squinty screens.

Looking rather dapper in its sleek and shiny modern finish, the Philips SE6552B cordless answerphone bucks the trend of beastly home phone design – but will its good looks be backed up by an equally pleasing performance?

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